# Poll: Whom is More Electable Than Chirac for President of France

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whom-is-more-electable-than-chirac-for-president-of-france/230465>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 22, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whom-is-more-electable-than-chirac-for-president-of-france/230465 "2004-02-22T03:55:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DrDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDoom)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whom-is-more-electable-than-chirac-for-president-of-france/230465/1 "2004-02-22T03:55:20Z")

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Which of the following “Americans” would more electable than Chirac for the presidency of France, A, B, C, or D.? You may answer with multiple choices …

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whom-is-more-electable-than-chirac-for-president-of-france/230465/2 "2004-02-22T04:39:23Z")

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This sure sounds like that old “Who’s on first?” routine.

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whom-is-more-electable-than-chirac-for-president-of-france/230465/3 "2004-02-22T12:03:30Z")

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The GQ answer to this question is none of them. In order to run for the office of _président de la République_, you need to be a French citizen at least 23 years of age. None of the people in your link satisfy the first condition.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whom-is-more-electable-than-chirac-for-president-of-france/230465/4 "2004-02-22T17:36:09Z")

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The General Questions forum is for factual questions. In comparing these four gentlemen with President Chirac, I detect some sort of primitive political potshot. Witless or not, that is definitely still not permitted in this forum. You may consider yourself warned. One more thread like this one and you’re gone.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ